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1993 Saab 900 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Sep 9, 2004
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
3
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Feb 7, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1993 Saab 900. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–6 of 6

Fuel system
Filed Sep 9, 2004

ORIGINAL FUEL TANK MADE OF PLASTIC LEAKED FROM THE BOTTOM DUE TO A HOLE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE FUEL TANK, WHICH ALSO STARTED TO LEAK SOMETIMES IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION. MANUFACTURER HAD NO ANSWER AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK. *AK

NHTSA ID
10091649
Incident
Sep 8, 2004
Transmission
Filed May 7, 2000

EARLY TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT - FIRST GEAR POPS OUT CONSTANTLY. *AK

NHTSA ID
722375
Incident
Apr 13, 2000
Driver assistance
Filed Mar 4, 1999

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE MADE THREE JUMPS AND ACCELERATED DOWN A HILL, WITH NO BRAKES AND CLUTCH WOULD NOT SHIFT DOWN. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ON. EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS PUT ON AND MADE VEHICLE STOP. DEALER CONTACTED, AND CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID
835469
Incident
Mar 3, 1999
Airbags
Filed May 2, 1997
Crash reported1 injury reported

DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 40MPH, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, HIT A WALL, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

NHTSA ID
811979
Incident
Mar 7, 1997
Body & structureElectrical
Filed May 2, 1995
Crash reported1 injury reported

BRAKES FAILED. *AK

NHTSA ID
964618
Incident
Nov 1, 1994
Electrical
Filed Feb 7, 1995
Fire reported

NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE DEPARTMENT, RESULTED IN FIRE TOTAL LOST. TT

NHTSA ID
959710
Incident
Dec 12, 1994

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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